2 tempo miles & 4 x 1' at 5k pace. First tempo mile was into the wind, second was half into the wind. All four of the fartleks were into the wind, and I was beat.
Tempo miles: 7:16, 6:59
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2 tempo miles & 4 x 1' at 5k pace. First tempo mile was into the wind, second was half into the wind. All four of the fartleks were into the wind, and I was beat.
Tempo miles: 7:16, 6:59
Fartleks: 7:26, 6:50, 6:48, 6:46

Used these 4 miles as the workout portion of my 10 miler. Felt really great to run 3 sub-7 miles (first was around 7:30) without feeling like death. This is just under a minute slower than my curre...read more

Used these 4 miles as the workout portion of my 10 miler. Felt really great to run 3 sub-7 miles (first was around 7:30) without feeling like death. This is just under a minute slower than my current PR... I'm on my way back!

Beautiful day for a long run... I've been waiting many months for weather like this! It was actually pretty warm and very sunny, so I wound up stopping at Starbucks at mile 12 to grab some wat...read more

Beautiful day for a long run... I've been waiting many months for weather like this! It was actually pretty warm and very sunny, so I wound up stopping at Starbucks at mile 12 to grab some water before finishing up the last 2 miles. Overall I felt pretty good; had a few sub-8 min/miles in there.

So this was supposed to be a 10 mile workout, but about 4 miles in I got stopped because there were a ton of fire trucks, ambulances, and cops coming into the park. They all come onto the walkway, ... read more